The captain of the migrant ship involved in Sunday’s disaster off Libya has been detained in Sicily, alongside a crew member – both suspected of smuggling migrants to their deaths.<br /><br /> Facing charges of multiple homicide, its claimed Captain Mohammed Ali Malek, 27, steered his severely overloaded boat into a collision with a merchant ship coming to its rescue.<br /><br /> Despite the consequences – up to 900 dead – the Tunisian Captain and a Syrian crew member, named as Mahmud Bikhit, 25, were seen smiling on deck at Catania in Sicily as survivors were taken ashore.<br /><br /> “We have arrested two people, two presumed traffickers, who were part of the crew: the captain of the shipwrecked boat and a crew member,” Catania Prosecutor Rocco Liguori told reporters.<br /><br /> “The crimes the captain is accused of include facilitating clandestine immigration, causing a shipwreck and multiple homicide, while the crew member is accused of facilitating clandestine immigration.”<br /><br /> On a luxury yacht by comparison, identified
